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Soroka Medical Center is a hospital in Beersheba, Israel. It is the largest medical center in the southern region of the country, and the fourth largest in Israel with approximately 1000 beds. It is owned by Clalit Health Services, the largest Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) in Israel. Soroka provides medical care to members of all populations in the region, including Negev Bedouins and Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip.〔(Care Across Borders )〕 It is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev whose campus is adjacent to the hospital. ==History== Moshe Soroka is known for being a major pioneer of the Clalit Sick Fund Clalit Health Services and of the health services of Israel. He laid out the foundations for public hospitalization, which helped the establishment of the largest medical center in the southern region of Israel, what we now refer to as Soroka Medical Center. Moshe was born in Poland in 1903. In 1920 he immigrated to Israel and would soon prove his involvement to the healthcare in the country of Israel. From the time he immigrated to his death in 1972, Moshe laid foundations for many health services and hospitals. In 1922, he established the first aid medical services of the agricultural settlements, and managed Kupat Holim services in the Jezreel Valley. A few years later in 1927, he built the Valley Hospital, which was Clalit Sick Fund’s first. He was one of the founders of Beilinson Hospital in 1932, along with his role as the regional director of Judah, Samaria, and the Sharon. As the Clalit Sick Fund continued to grow, he became more involved with the central management, finances, and building of the fund’s institutions. It wasn’t until 1956 that Moshe Soroka founded the Central Hospital of Negev with Israel Barzilai and David Tuviyahu (mayor of Beer-Sheva at the time). Much of the funding on this hospital came from David Dubinsky, who Moshe turned to in 1955. Dubinsky committed to donating a million dollar donation toward the hospital. It wasn’t until after Moshe’s death that the hospital would be called Soroka Medical Center. The Beersheba Hospital of Kupat Holim (later Soroka Medical Center), designed in 1955 as a 250-bed hospital, grew into a 1,200-bed medical facility serving the south of the country, including the Negev region. A major American union, the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, headed by David Dubinsky, pledged in late 1955 to give a million-dollar gift, over four years, to establish a hospital in the Negev region, which was to be operated by the Histadrut, Israel's General Federation of Labor, which at the time owned Kupat Holim, Israel's sick fund. According to press reports at the time, Dubinsky had indicated that the ILGWU might make a further $500,000 available to the hospital after the $1,000,000 contribution was completed, as the estimated construction cost was $1,500,000.〔(Dubinsky Announces $1,000,000 Gift by Ilgwu to Israel Hospital )〕 Soroka Medical Center is a pavilion-type hospital with medical facilities and wards concentrated in one multi-story block. Climate considerations led to the adoption of a loose grid design of patio gardens and pavilions connected to the main building by pergolas. The hospital area was surrounded by a green belt of pepper trees and sycamores to protect the complex from sand and dust storms.〔(Soroka Health Centre, Beersheba 1959 )〕 Due to Soroka Medical Center's strategic location in the Negev region, it was the primary hospital that treated casualties during Operation Cast Lead.〔(IDF casualties stream into Soroka hospital )〕 In September 2011, Soroka treated victims of a barrage of missiles from the Gaza Strip. Jon Voight visited Soroka during this time to show his solidarity with Israel.〔(Jon Voight visits terror victims )〕 In 2013, Ehud Davidson was named director-general of the hospital replacing Michael Scherf, who held the post for six years.〔(Beersheba's Soroka University Medical Center gets new director-general )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Soroka Medical Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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